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as in startled
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also surprized
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as in amazed
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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as in ambushed
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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Recent Examples of surprised
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Not really surprised, either, that the Celtics couldn’t get four firsts for Brown when the whole league knew the C’s were pushing to move on from their star forward.
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David Aldridge,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Greg Hanlon,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Bloomfield was sacked on Saturday, with many Oxford fans surprised by the timing.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Adjective
When Time magazine announced its person of the year, few were surprised.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
Not really surprised, either, that the Celtics couldn’t get four firsts for Brown when the whole league knew the C’s were pushing to move on from their star forward.
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David Aldridge,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Verb
What surprised you most about the Elves — and about the law enforcement agents trying to catch them?
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Greg Hanlon,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Bloomfield was sacked on Saturday, with many Oxford fans surprised by the timing.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprised
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One of them who’d worked with Juliatra-Monoth gave him a startled look.
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Ahn seems mildly startled to hear his own consistency read back to him.
Verb
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When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd.
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, amazed at these quick-thinking kids.
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In the suit, Ibrahim alleges that he was lured to the gym under the pretense of a challenge and was ambushed by Watson, a co-owner of the gym and two other men.
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The facility hosts a memorial for past police horses and former Officer Tara O’Sullivan, who was ambushed and killed when responding to a domestic violence incident in 2019.
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Simmons, who would miss the induction ceremony due to an undisclosed family emergency (the band’s representative affirmed all is well), was also equal parts honored and awed.
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With every contribution from Messi, that sense of awed reverence from the crowd increased.
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The exact same thing happened back in 2018 when Hirving Lozano shocked Germany.
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No More Mega Deals In late 2023, the Los Angeles Dodgers shocked the world by signing the game’s best player, Shohei Ohtani, to a ten-year, $700 million contract.
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Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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Fido was fine, if a little bewildered, and in February 1973, the board lifted its book bans.
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
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The against-all-odds survival narrative stunned even veteran first responders.
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In it, Gomez stunned in a sleeveless lace dress with a halter neck and a long mesh veil.
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“Surprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprised. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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